PriestTheRunner wrote:
Also, is there any chance that he will survive that. I know the article says listed in critical condition, but unless the round deflected towards the outside of the skull, I don't see how that is survivable...

What a shame.

You would be surprised how many head shootings people "survive". My aunt is an ER nurse in a big city and has seen people come in with gruesome wounds to the front of their head when they try to commit suicide with a gun. I use the word "survive in quotes because they usually wind up on a ventilator until it is removed.

Life is a precious gift and there is way too much stupid in that car. I wouldn't want to see that.

Play stupid games.... win stupid prizes....
It looks to me she intentionally did it. She meant to pull the trigger. Wether she knew the gun was loaded or not I don’t know but that trigger press was deliberate. She should go to prison for murder.

I just saw on the news she is only charges with, tampering with evidence. She cleaned her hands and told cops that he shot himself. He is on a respirator and she is out on a $2,500 bail. -per Fox 26 news

REALLY?????

"Jump in there sport, get it done and we'll all sing your praises." -Chas

TreyHouston wrote:I just saw on the news she is only charges with, tampering with evidence. She cleaned her hands and told cops that he shot himself. He is on a respirator and she is out on a $2,500 bail. -per Fox 26 news

REALLY?????

As you may already know, her charges got upgraded. I still wonder if this was intentional.

treadlightly wrote:
The mother's warning was don't play with loaded guns. Footnote - they are all loaded.

Yep! Learned my lesson when I was handed a 12 gauge shotgun. I started to pull the pump back to check and the guy who handed it to me got offended and said "its empty I checked it!" I paused looked and him and finished pulling the pump handle back and what do you know but a 12 gauge slug popped out onto the floor. All I got was an "oopps". Yeah big OOPPS!

I actually kinda know the guy who was shot. He's related to a woman, whose daughter is on my kids cheer team down in league city. She says he's actually recovering, but it's still a long road I'm sure.

treadlightly wrote:
The mother's warning was don't play with loaded guns. Footnote - they are all loaded.

Yep! Learned my lesson when I was handed a 12 gauge shotgun. I started to pull the pump back to check and the guy who handed it to me got offended and said "its empty I checked it!" I paused looked and him and finished pulling the pump handle back and what do you know but a 12 gauge slug popped out onto the floor. All I got was an "oopps". Yeah big OOPPS!

My now 17 year old daughter has been going to the range with me since she was 7. Whenever I hand her a gun, I drop the mag (if applicable) and rack it first right in front of her, then tell her it's unloaded. She never fails to immediately point it in the safest possible direction and then check for herself. This is something that I have taught her, and it should be as natural as checking the fuel level in a vehicle before you start to drive. It needs to be an ingrained habit that is done reflexively. Every time. If someone gets offended by me doing this when they have handed me a gun, then they are a moron.